I have blogged a number of times here in FV criticizing the decision of the Supreme Court on the MoA-AD case arguing in the main that the development of the law on separation of powers could be heading further in the wrong direction as a consequence of the decision. Among others, I raised the following [...]
Erasing A Stigma, Assaulting The Supreme Court
November 7, 2008 By 11 Comments
Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera is wrapping up her stint as top government barrister with a bang. Tipped to ‘ascend’ to the Suopreme Court, Devanadera delivered a sharp twit to the high tribunal for allegedly violating the separation of powers in declaring the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity ancestral domain agreement unconstitutional. Devanadera’s broadside reads like a preview [...]
SC MoA-AD ruling, ‘a burlesque of the Constitution’
October 20, 2008 By 11 Comments
The Philippine Supreme Court is right from the very outset in stating that the essential question before it in Province of North Cotabato v. GRP (October 15, 2008) is “the extent of the powers of the President in pursuing the peace process” (emphasis in the original). The Court also cited the correct case law (Pimentel [...]
Rebuking A President; Alter-Egos As Scapegoats
October 15, 2008 By 11 Comments
FV scored an impressive ‘scoop’ on the mainstream press with Jon’s early posting on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity MoA.
Of Usurpers, Negotiators, and Scapegoats
September 6, 2008 By 4 Comments
In the aftermath of the bungled Bangsamoro Juridical Entity ‘deal’ that was anchored on the ‘First Nation’ paradigm promoted by the US Institute for Peace, there’s talk going around about investigating, and charging, erstwhile GRO, I mean, GRP negotiators Rodolfo Garcia and Hermogenes Esperon (and even Jesus Dureza) for the high crime of treason. But [...]
Double Talk On Peace
September 4, 2008 By 4 Comments
Government has just “retired” members of the peace panel. Yet, those nincoompoops out there say, they are still committed to peace. The announcement of Gloria the Queen of the Enchanted Kingdom came after the MILF says they’ll just wait for the next president before they again go and engage in b.s. talk with the GRP. [...]
The Bangsamoro Domain Deal: The Unraveling is Complete
August 30, 2008 By 13 Comments
The Inquirer banner headlines came just 27 days apart, on August 3 and August 30, respectively. In capsule, they show how a deal, no matter how well-intentioned, has unraveled completely due to the public uproar, fueled in large part by the revelations about the utter surrender of Philippine sovereignty to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Is Malacanang Finally Coming Clean on the Bangsamoro Deal?
August 21, 2008 By 1 Comment
The Arroyo administration took a further step yesterday in its new found ‘transparency’ about what really is wrong with widely disputed Bangsamoro ancestral domain draft agreement. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita: “in the MoA, as much as possible, they avoided using terms that were not agreeable so much before to the other panel, such as reference [...]
SC review of MoA blatantly irregular, imperils peace process
August 18, 2008 By 2 Comments
The future State of Bicol per Senate Joint Resolution No.10 (SR 10) will have greater powers than the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity proposed in the MoA-AD (the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, now under scrutiny by the Philippine Supreme Court.) The senate resolution, [...]
Chief Justice Puno: Constitution Does Not Allow Secession
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